"President, boss, we have cultivated thousands of proteins so far, but none of them are suitable as basic units. Although there are more than a dozen types of data that have significant advantages over other types, they are still far from the lowest indicators. . ”
In the laboratory, Dr. Kato, who was wearing a white coat, was reporting to Zhang Meirun and Chen Yi. Elsewhere, a group of researchers were carefully testing the properties of each protein. After Dr. Kato finished speaking, he looked at the two of them carefully. Related projects were late. When there was no progress, he was worried that the two bosses would become impatient and replace them.
Dr. Kato, who graduated from the School of Life Sciences at Waseda University, is the person in charge of protein cultivation work at the research center. Protein-related research is not only used for biological computers, but is used in many fields.
However, there is indeed no progress in biological computers, but Chen Yi and Zhang Meirun are not as impatient as Dr. Kato thought.
This kind of thing is simply to highlight a powerful force to produce miracles. It is as metaphysical as the science of materials. All they can do is to provide a large number of base numbers to continuously get closer to the goal. At the same time, they also hope that with good luck, a blind cat will encounter a dead mouse. .
Failure is normal, but success in a short period of time is incredible. This probability is even lower than winning the first prize in a lottery ticket.
"Kato, don't be mentally burdened, just treat this as your daily work. Just keep those dozen proteins for variability cultivation, and then proceed to the next round of screening!"
"Yes, I understand."
Zhang Meirun and Chen Yi discussed with Kato for a while, then left one laboratory and came to another.
A bald and slightly fat middle-aged man saw the three people coming in and just looked up at them before continuing with his work.
He was observing something in front of a microscope. After a while, he raised his head and stood up to say hello to the three of them. Then he went straight to the point and told Chen Yi and Zhang Meirun about his results without being polite.
"Mr. Chen, I have successfully cultivated a yeast that can decompose plant fiber into a mixture of alkanes and starch."
After hearing this, Zhang Meirun was stunned for a moment and quickly asked: "Did you succeed?!"
Shinoda Mariko also asked: "Professor Wu, are you sure the raw material is plant fiber?!"
"Yes, they are just ordinary weeds, but the conversion efficiency can be higher. But I promise that with the efforts of my team, there will be a breakthrough soon!"
Chen Yi asked directly: "What is the conversion rate now?"
"One kilogram of herbs can ferment 50 grams of alkanes and 230 grams of starch!"
"Besides herbs, is there anything else that can be used as a raw material?"
"Yes, most agricultural waste can be used as raw materials!"
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After a period of questions and answers, Chen Yi took a breath and felt so horrified.
Damn, you are such a genius, did you actually do this? !
Alkanes are the main components of petroleum, and glucose, which is hydrolyzed from starch, is an essential nutrient for humans.
The Professor Wu in front of Chen Yi has successfully created this kind of thing. If it can be successfully mass-produced and made public, then the next Dynamite Biology Award will be his.
At this time, Chen Yi excitedly held Professor Wu's hand: "Professor Wu, your results came just in time!
After the outbreak of World War III, people all over the world will remember your contribution! "
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After hearing what Chen Yi said, Professor Wu was confused for a moment, but he immediately became furious. He stretched out his trembling hand and pointed at Chen Yi: "You... you..."
After Zhang Meirun saw that Chen Yi was going crazy again, she quickly explained to Professor Wu: "He is joking with you, don't take it seriously. He is in the advanced stage of persecution paranoia. He is worried about World War III all day long. of."
Professor Wu calmed down after hearing this, and Chen Yi also calmed down at this time, and asked him: "Based on the current conversion rate, I will now promote and apply this technology on a large scale.
But it won’t be publicized for a long time. Even if a paper is published in the future, you will still be the corresponding author and first author. You can fill in the other two or three works as you please. What do you think? "
Professor Wu's heart skipped a beat.
First author, corresponding author? !
Holy shit, what does this mean?
This means that as soon as the paper is published, it means that this epoch-making achievement in the eyes of the world was completed by him!
The dynamite biology award will eventually be his, but the researchers in the Qinglong Study Group were also obsessed with Chen Yi's ideas and did not value the dynamite award very much.
But in the future, his name will appear in the textbooks of various subjects in primary and secondary schools in the mainland, which still makes him feel honored!
Although he prided himself on being indifferent to fame and wealth, he was short of breath when faced with this temptation, but Professor Wu immediately calmed down.
This project was the idea provided by Chen Yi, and even the first generation strain was also provided by Chen Yi. All he did was make continuous improvements.
His heart told him that it was not good to just leave Chen Yi aside. Besides, Chen Yi was still his boss.
"Mr. Chen, no matter what, this result is the technology provided by the idea you proposed. It would be inappropriate not to take a name, right?"
Chen Yi shook his head: "I have not planned to make this technology public in recent years, even if I don't even apply for a patent, after all, the impact of this technology's release is too great.
I plan to make it public when I am able to face everything, and I don’t need that false reputation. It’s settled. Professor Wu, I will give you an additional US$100 million in funding. I hope you can continue your efforts and make major breakthroughs. Ok? "
Having said this, what else can Professor Wu say?
Although he is a scientific researcher, he is also a human being first. Since his boss is so generous, of course he has no objection.
As for the separation of naphthenes from starch, although it is also a big problem worldwide, it is much more reliable than the black technology of bacteria eating grass and secreting oil and grain. The latter has been solved by him, and the former is nothing more than how much money it costs. problem.
At this moment, Professor Wu did not connect this thing with the US dollar at all.
"Okay, Mr. Chen, I understand your concerns. Don't worry, we have passed the most difficult level. I will definitely break through it as soon as possible."
"Don't be anxious, take your time, don't rush in research. If you want to improve the conversion rate, the demand in recent years has not been too urgent. You don't have to worry about mass production, I can do it within two months.
By the way, you can get 2% dividends in the next thirty years, don’t forget to check your bank account number! "
"I see."
After Chen Yi and the others finished understanding, they walked out of the laboratory. When they came to the corridor, Zhang Meirun and Shinoda Mariko still had excited expressions on their faces.
"Yizai, can we make our own oil?"
Chen Yi shook his head and said: "This cannot be counted as oil, only alkanes, but it is also a big benefit.
The biggest role of oil is not as a fuel, but as a resource that can replace petroleum energy applications. This completely depends on whether capital is willing to promote it on a large scale.
The more important role of petroleum is in chemical industry.
Maybe in a few years, after breakthroughs are made in the carbon dioxide-hydrocarbon conversion project, oil will become useless. "
But Mariko Shinoda said excitedly: "No, the most important thing about this achievement is not the oil, but the starch!
We have successfully produced starch on a large scale using plant fiber as raw material, and we will completely solve Blue Star's food problem! "
After hearing this, Chen Yi touched her head with a kind face and said: "Silly boy, there is still a problem of separation and extraction waiting for us. This is also a difficult problem. It will take a long time to really have positive results. .
Besides, Blue Star has no shortage of food to begin with. Look, those European and American countries have started to play with bioethanol fuel. Isn’t it just that there is too much food to eat? "
Like a cat, Mariko squinted her eyes and enjoyed Chen Yi's head-touching, completely losing her ability to speak. . .
Zhang Meirun has long been used to this kind of scene, so she is not surprised. She raised a new question: "Does the agricultural planting structure of Xinnea Island need to be changed? Also, those families in Nanyang have already had great influence on me." Opinion."
After Chen Yi patted Marizi on the head, he blinked at the latter's lost gaze, and said to Zhang Meirun: "We can slowly increase the share of chemical raw materials such as rubber and palm oil until the share of staple food crops is finally reduced. Just keep the self-sufficiency part.
The share of soybeans and sucrose remains unchanged. You don’t need to pay attention to those people from Nanyang who are rushing to the street. Do we still need their group of leeks that anyone can cut to agree to what we want to do? "
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